Cup venues confirmed
4 Sep 2008
Both Wellington and Christchurch will host 2011 World Cup quarter-final matches.
Auckland has been assigned the final, semis, as well as the third-place play-off. It was feared Eden Park would also receive two quarters, and the emphasis would be too heavily placed on the North Island if the Westpac Stadium got the other two. But this move ensures both the North (Wellington) and South Islands (Christchurch) will be widely involved, with Auckland remaining the centre of major activity.
The move to have two cities hosting the quarters aids ticketing, accommodation and travel logistics. These matches will be hosted on 7, 8 and 9 October.
“This decision gives fans in the Wellington and Christchurch regions something really special to look forward to in 2011. The quarter-final weekends in both cities will be tremendous sporting and festival occasions,” said Martin Snedden, CEO, Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd.
“Each region has shown a strong desire to help us deliver a world class tournament and also to deliver a memorable national Rugby World Cup festival which realises our ‘Stadium of four million’ philosophy and which carries with it a uniquely Kiwi flavour.”
The venues for pool matches will be confirmed by March or April next year, while team bases will be announced later in the year.
17 Comments
4 Sep 2008, 08:20 am
Dragon AB’s. A4Y!
4 Sep 2008, 08:30 am
Ek bly afstel, maar ek moet begin spaar!
4 Sep 2008, 09:56 am
Who gives a **** what they do or where they want to do it. They will choke again.
4 Sep 2008, 11:32 am
NZ is such a **** small country withy zero infrastructure.
The 2011 WC won’t be the 1987 WC where you could host a game at a club field.
Why not just play all games out of one decent stadium? Most,no wait, ALL stadiums in NZ is ****.
Ah well the IRB started feeling sorry for NZ not winnig the WC so they handed them a WC to see if it can help. IRB to make major losses.
4 Sep 2008, 13:09 pm
What a joke! How did this pimple on the arse of the world get awarded the WC? Oh wait, that crook toothed PM of theirs promised all kinds of things… and cried
4 Sep 2008, 14:09 pm
NZ is as big as my farm in the Northern Cape.
4 Sep 2008, 15:57 pm
#6 Snoek: You must be a maplotter then?
4 Sep 2008, 16:10 pm
#6 Snoek: Yet they continue to thump us?
4 Sep 2008, 16:14 pm
The move for NZ to host the world cup has nothing to do with their infrastructure capabilities. It is all about taking rugby back to the origin of the WC Tournie. (Also maybe to give the sheep shaggers a better chance of contesting it)
In the same way – South Africa would never have gotten 2010 had it not been for the fact that Africa has never hosted a WC.
Bokke to win the WC again in 2011…. Try in the final seconds of the match by Wilton Pietersen !
4 Sep 2008, 17:59 pm
#7 Loosehead:
ek kan NZ se noord of suid eiland op my eie nat pis dis so klein
4 Sep 2008, 18:41 pm
#4 adj nm: #5 seamus: #6 Snoek: #10 Fern:
Why all the aggro? You sound like a bunch of schoolkids annoyed that some big bully has stolen your lunchmoney and you’re whining behind the bike shed where you know he can’t find and hurt you.
Oh – wait maybe you are ………
Show some respect to a country that for all their small size continues to make us look like a bunch of palookas 4 out of 5 times we play them.
5 Sep 2008, 01:06 am
#6 Snoek:
Ty,makes your Boks look even more pathetic now.
#10 Fern:
As soon as you say something in ya mothers language and its got NZ in it,i know thats its a cowardly swipe at NZ.
#11 thecentre:
Ty Centre.For me i am happy that we again host a RWC.As we all know NZ are not the biggest or have the most money to support a RWC but we will give a good try.Thing is at least we are now building some new stadiums and adding to old stadiums which is a good thing
5 Sep 2008, 01:07 am
I would be worried.. Eden PArk is an impossible venue to watch rugby.. not only is the atmossphere somewhat non-existent due to its openess But it is bloody hard to find parking, or transport near the stadium.
5 Sep 2008, 05:21 am
Look how bitterly jealous the yarpies are because they lost out to the Kiwis with their vastly superior bid!
5 Sep 2008, 07:59 am
#11 thecentre:
Thank you for your gracious post.
5 Sep 2008, 08:01 am
For all the knockers of NZ hosting the WC2011…………….well we probably wouldn’t be hosting it without SA’s vote. After they were knocked out of the bidding process they backed us.
Thanks.
5 Sep 2008, 10:14 am
#15 cane:
No problem Cane – for me the All Black / Bok rivalry is the biggest thing in sport and it’s always been based on mutual respect.
I get really annoyed when anyone on either side abuses that respect. Friendly banter is fine – even Tackler’s fishing is mostly on the right side of the line – but childish nya nya nya comments get right up my nose.
And as for infrastructure – well once we manage to provide decent housing for all our population maybe we can start poionting fingers elsewhere.
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